Thieves targeted more than a dozen vehicles at the same apartment complex, according to Altamonte Springs police.

Thieves targeted more than a dozen vehicles at the same apartment complex, according to Altamonte Springs police.

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Updated: 7:00 AM EDT Oct 14, 2014

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WEBVTT NOW A 25-MINUTE DRIVE. BREAKING IN IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, THAT IS WHERE THIEVES TARGETED MORE THAN A DISCARS OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY BROKE OUT THE WINDOWS OF VEHICLES NEAR THE ALTAMONTE SPRINGS MALL. MARINA MARRACO GOT TO THE SCENE AND SHE'S GATHERING LATEST FOR US. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? Reporter: THIS IS QUITE THE SMASH AND GRAB OPERATION IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. LOOK HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE DRIVER SIDE WIN DEHERE SMASHED OUT AND JUST NEXT TO THE PARKING THE SPOT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SMASHED OUT AND YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING AT THE GLASS ON THE KRUNDS AND A COME OF CARS ON THE OTHER SIDE EVERY FOUR OR FIVE CARS THEY WERE THE CARS BROKEN INTO, A TOTAL OF 18 VEHICLES ACCORDING TO ALTAMONTE SPRINGS POLICE. THEY SAY THIS SUSPECT JUST GOT AWAY WITH SPARE CHANGE, AND AN i-POD, SOMETHING THEY ARE CALLING A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY. TAKE A LISTEN TO THAT THEY TOLD US. WE WON'T GOT THE REPORT OF ONE SUSPECT DRIP BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY IT WAS MORE THAN ONE, ESPECIALLY THEY WERE ALL SMASHED AND RESIDENTS CALLED AS SOON AS THEY HEARD IT. Reporter: THE CALL CAME IN TO POLICE ABOUT ONE THIS MORNING, A RISE REPORTING HEARING WINDOWS BEING SMASHED AND THEY GOT A LOOK AT THE SUSPECT AND HE FLED ON FOOT, WAS WEARING WHITE SHORTS AND A WHITE SHIRT AND THAT IS THE ONLY DESCRIPTION THAT POLICE HAVE AT THIS POINT. BACK OUT HERE LIVE, POLICE SAY THEY CONTACTED ABOUT HALF OF THE RESIDENTS AFFECTED AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO SPEAK WITH THE OTHER VICTIMS OF THE CRIMES AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS DUST ON UP TOP OF THE CAR CRIME AND SS I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR FINGERPRINTS FROM THE CRIMES,ONNERS OF THE VEHICLES AND THEY BROUGHT THE POLICE DOGS OUT TO TRY AND TRACK THE SCENTS OF THE SUSPECT AND THAT IS WHEN THEY REALIZED MORE THAN A DISCARS HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO.

PD: 18 vehicle windows smashed by thieves in Altamonte Springs

Thieves targeted more than a dozen vehicles at the same apartment complex, according to Altamonte Springs police.